dyscrasy

发音

UK /ˈdɪskɹəsɪ/
US /ˈdɪskɹəsi/

词形变化

dyscrasies 复数 dyscrasies

别名

discrasie discracy discracie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bodily disorder; an imbalance of the humours

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Disharmony

    比喻 不可数 可数

词源

From Middle English discrasie, from Old French discrasie, from Medieval Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad temperament”), from δυσ- (dus-, “dys-”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”). By surface analysis, dys- + -crasy.

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